Paulie Malignaggi vs Floyd Mayweather at 140

i despise floydd mayweather, and am a big fan of paulies, but c'mon now. Same for me.

Paulie a mother**king BEAST, he would straight BEAST MODE Floyd. And I mean right now. Too slick, too Brooklyn, too much power. Paulie KO's Floyd inside 3. Book it.

It would have been a worthwhile fight; no versions of Paulie EVER beats Mayweather, but nonetheless a solid matchup around 2009 and one of the best 24-7s ever. People forget Paulie used to look VERY different in the ring. There was a time when he had really good movement and lots of pop on his jab; you watch his early fights coming up and he looks nothing like he did from about 2009 on. You do know that Amir Khan beat basically a prime version of Malignaggi right? that was Amir's US debut too if i'm not mistaken..

It would have been a worthwhile fight; no versions of Paulie EVER beats Mayweather, but nonetheless a solid matchup around 2009 and one of the best 24-7s ever. People forget Paulie used to look VERY different in the ring. There was a time when he had really good movement and lots of pop on his jab; you watch his early fights coming up and he looks nothing like he did from about 2009 on.

So much sig worthy stuff in this thread.

I really think Paulie can outbox Floyd and win a UD/SD at 140. Paulie may lack power, but he has an amazing jab,great footwork and his handspeed is just as good as Floyd's. There is no way Floyd could hurt Paulie, Paulie has a great chin and a lot of heart. Call me crazy, but I think Paulie could outwork Floyd for a UD/SD. LOL at OP.

what super slick hard to hit boxer has floyd faced?. ide like to see floyd really have to cut the ring down and work to land shots on a slick boxer. would martinez trouble floyd a lil?

I love Paulie but come on now...even he knows he would get totally schooled. he would only land 2 jabs on his shoulder

WOW! no way

ATG thread. Paulie by brutal knockout, to much power & speed for Mayweather. Make it happen

i really think paulie can outbox floyd and win a ud/sd at 140. Paulie may lack power, but he has an amazing jab,great footwork and his handspeed is just as good as floyd's. There is no way floyd could hurt paulie, paulie has a great chin and a lot of heart. Call me crazy, but i think paulie could outwork floyd for a ud/sd. hahahahahhahahahahahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahaahhahahhahahahahhahahhahahaahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahhahahahaahahahahahahahaahhahahahahhaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this fight would top the "worst match ups" thread, what a stinker of a fight it would be between malignaggi and mayweather. they would have to match up corpses on the under card to try and make it exciting.......... two guys and neither one would take the lead.............can we say 12 round snoozer.

this fight will boil down to who has MORE skills and if you don't know already that would be Floyd, IMO no one out there including Shane can beat Floyd accept Miguel Cotto.. not even Williams IMO because not only is Floyd so small he can make himself hard to hit his arms are unusually long so he could still keep his gloves in The Punisher face all night long.. Floyd beats Paulie in a VERY technically sound 12 round UD in a fight where both can walk away proudly.. 100

Honestly it comes down to this: Both guys are equally fast and slick. Mayweather has a better reach and more power. Mayweather wins.

I say Floyd Mayweather close SD. I see many posters here claiming floyd would KO/TKO paulie malignaggi and i can say honestly i dont see it like that. Paulie vs. floyd is a great match up for both fighters... floyd is going to be noticably quicker than paulie malignaggi. in fact i say they are pretty similar in speed/quickness (yes even hand speed). i dont believe floyd can knock paulie out if cotto couldnt knock him out and cotto gave paulie one hell of a beating and he never quit. paulie obviously has very VERY very little KO power but his chin is pretty damn good if you ask me. it would be a decision (my call is a SD) for floyd. either way i think it would be an exciting fight...more exciting than the hatton fight I think it would be exciting considering Pauli is skilled and can take punishment. But, I don't see it as exciting as the Hatton fight because for one, Hatton has the power. Second, Hatton IMO has the skills to get inside and force the action on Floyd. In Pauli's case, if Floyd gets on his bike to win a decision, then Pauli would be hard pressed to do anything about it. Thus, another typically boring Floyd fight is in the cards. Pauli's best chances would come if Floyd decided to impress the crowd and went for a knockout...which is not totally unlikely considering Pauli's lack of punching power. However, I have to go on past performances. So, I'm leaning on Floyd doing what he does best...avoid punishment and outpointing for the decision. That spells an unexciting fight, IMO.

I say Floyd Mayweather close SD. I see many posters here claiming floyd would KO/TKO paulie malignaggi and i can say honestly i dont see it like that. Paulie vs. floyd is a great match up for both fighters... floyd is going to be noticably quicker than paulie malignaggi. in fact i say they are pretty similar in speed/quickness (yes even hand speed). i dont believe floyd can knock paulie out if cotto couldnt knock him out and cotto gave paulie one hell of a beating and he never quit. paulie obviously has very VERY very little KO power but his chin is pretty damn good if you ask me. it would be a decision (my call is a SD) for floyd. either way i think it would be an exciting fight...more exciting than the hatton fight I'm glad someone else realizes that Paulie is a real talent. In my opinion, the only guy at 140 that can beat Paulie is Hatton. Paulie will easily UD everyone else at Jr. Welterweight. He has also won 22 rounds in a row.

I don't get what you are saying. You say that you saw him at 140 against nobody special... and he went toe-to-toe. Wlad Owns said he would run or something ridiculous like that. I asked if he had seen his fights at 140, which he never once even tried to box and move, it was all toe-to-toe. So wouldn't it be correct for me to say that he will go toe-to-toe at 140 against a guy that you feel is on the same level as his other opponents at 140, namely "nobody special"? Anyone who thinks Floyd is boxing and moving in this fight has lost their mind. Malignaggi has the weakest punch of any divisional elite fighter currently. EDIT: Nice to see you back... I haven't seen you on here in a couple of days. What I was saying is that Floyd didn't fight anybody special at 140, so implying that Floyd is somehow dominant at 140 is unjustified. We all know what he did when he was at that weight. At the same time I further noted that Pauli is, IMO, not that special either. So, I would not disagree with anybody that thinks that Floyd would beat Pauli at 140. I'm implying here that Floyd is beatable at 140 by a truly formidable Jr. WW. IMO.

No. That is the point, we did see him fight at 140 and it was against nobody special. I'm not sure how Floyd would do with Pauli, but Pauli's not that special either, IMO. I don't get what you are saying. You say that you saw him at 140 against nobody special... and he went toe-to-toe. Wlad Owns said he would run or something ridiculous like that. I asked if he had seen his fights at 140, which he never once even tried to box and move, it was all toe-to-toe. So wouldn't it be correct for me to say that he will go toe-to-toe at 140 against a guy that you feel is on the same level as his other opponents at 140, namely "nobody special"? Anyone who thinks Floyd is boxing and moving in this fight has lost their mind. Malignaggi has the weakest punch of any divisional elite fighter currently. EDIT: Nice to see you back... I haven't seen you on here in a couple of days.

The only reason people think it's an easy decision is because Malignaggi hasnt proven he could beat a good fighter yet. His time will come. I seriously think he's going to be a p4p level fighter. And I'm not just saying this because I'm a Cotto fan. I agree with you, in a few years he will be a p4p level fighter. The guy has mad skills and potential, it's too bad about his lack of power though.

floyd wins in a god-awful snoozefest.